title: [Characteristics of violence during teenage pregnancy in Lima, Peru].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the characteristics of violence seen in pregnant teenagers who were treated at the Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal (INMP) in Lima, Peru.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was carried out by INMP between January and March, 2010 using a probabilistic and systematic sampling. The study unit comprises every hospitalized teenager who had just given birth and who lived in Lima. A semi-structured interview was conducted. History of violence was operationalized into: verbal violence (insults, ridicule, and humiliation), physical violence (arm pulling, hair pulling, pushes), direct aggression (slaps, kicking, burns) and sexual violence (sexual intercourse without consent).
  
  
  RESULTS
  292 teenage mothers aged 16,5 ± 1 in average took part in the study. 47.9% lived with their partners and 51.4% were single. In 97.3% of the cases, they got pregnant as a result of a conserted sexual relationship, while 2.7% got pregnant as a result of rape. 90.1% of teenage mothers reported not having planned the pregnancy. Conserning history of violence: 48.1% had had verbal violence, 17.1% physical violence, 8.2% direct aggression and 6.8% sexual violence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Violence during teenage pregnancy is not an isolated event; actually, it is rather common in any of its forms.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación ANASTOMOSIS, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Contreras-Pulache
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mori-Quispe
authors.forename: Willy D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Hinostroza-Camposano
authors.forename: Maribel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yancachajlla-Apaza
authors.forename: Nelly
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lam-Figueroa
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chacón-Torrico
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010568:Peru; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*